How to Use in the works in a Sentence

in the works

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• Chastain has a number of projects in the works or set for release soon.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
• Last year, the public beta was late, which could have thrown a spanner in the works.
  — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• When asked if there was a new item in the works for this year, Hayden would only smile.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
• Meanwhile, more tariffs are in the works that will add to the overall bill for imports.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 July 2026
• There may not be a movie in the works, but Swift and Kelce’s day was indeed cinematic.
  — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
• The series is part of a run of K-drama second seasons Disney+ has in the works this year.
  — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Lastly, a bar offering sake and beer, lined with TVs for watching sports, is in the works.
  — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
• Ubisoft also has multiplayer and mobile titles in the works for the series.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• Marko Arnautovic’s early goal already seemed to throw a spanner in the works with both teams needing a draw to progress.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
• But, for the moment, there are no hospital plans in the works, UM told the Herald.
  — Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
• The deal has been in the works for years under previous administrations.
  — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• An upward trend appeared to be in the works, evidenced by the final stretch of the regular season.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026
• Another gripping season of Dark Winds is already in the works.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
• Although there was chat that Swift herself could have made a cameo, Sandler confirmed that was never in the works.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026
• This was scheduled to take place during Pride Weekend in June and had been in the works long before the draw.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• Yarros’ Fourth Wing has an adaptation in the works at Amazon’s Prime Video.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
• After Act 3, two other phases, Projects 4 and 5, are planned but details are still in the works.
  — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
• A lot of mixing and matching could be in the works, with no one outside of Celebrini guaranteed to spend all season on the top two lines.
  — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 15 July 2026
• In 2023, Pascal confirmed that a live-action Miles Morales movie was in the works.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 July 2026
• The site is planned to be situated on 12 acres, with five 18,000 square foot soundstages in the works.
  — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
• The latest iOS 27 code has all but confirmed that a foldable iPhone is in the works at Apple.
  — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026
• Stories like this will form the basis of a documentary about Love’s life that’s been in the works for several years, and is finally rolling.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2026
• The project had been in the works since 2007 and was officially added to the region’s long-term plans in 2014.
  — Nick Sullivan july 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
• Wilkinson is highly thought of at the club and was considered ready to join the first-team staff, but Guardiola’s departure put a spanner in the works.
  — Sam Lee, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• MovieWeb recently reported that the series remains in the works, though Paramount has yet to confirm its status.
  — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• Deadline broke the news that the series was in the works back in November, as well as the addition of Quaid in the driver’s seat, in April.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 July 2026
• And then fans will have to wait for the documentary film on Bottom of the Hill — which is still in the works — to experience what this concert hotspot was like.
  — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
• The project, which hails from writers Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray, was first reported to be in the works at the streamer last year.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 22 July 2026
• Two other industrial ventures with Chinese auto companies are in the works.
  — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 July 2026
• The Front Page Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
  — Hamed Aleaziz Eric Schmitt Coral Davenport Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 20 July 2026